Title: | Airborne Pheromone Quantification in Treated Vineyards with Different Mating Disruption Dispensers against Lobesia botrana |
Author(s): | Gavara A; Vacas S; Navarro I; Primo J; Navarro-Llopis V; |
Address: | "Centro de Ecologia Quimica Agricola, Instituto Agroforestal del Mediterraneo, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Edificio 6C, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain. Ecologia y Proteccion Agricola SL, Pol. Ind. Ciutat de Carlet, 46240 Valencia, Spain" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Mating disruption (MD) is widely used against the European grapevine moth (EGVM), Lobesia botrana (Denis and Schiffermuller; Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), by installing passive dispensers or aerosol devices. The present work reports a new sampling and quantification methodology to obtain absolute data about field airborne pheromone concentration based on air samplings and sensitive chromatographic-spectroscopic methods. Samplings were performed in fields treated with passive dispensers or aerosol devices at different moments throughout the crop cycle to study how they act and how the disruption is triggered. Moreover, pheromone adsorption and releasing capacity of vine leaves were studied to elucidate their role in the disruption. Although both types of dispensers were effective in limiting the damage inflicted by EGVM, they performed differently and provided different airborne pheromone concentration profiles. Results also proved that leaves were able to adsorb and release part of the airborne pheromone acting as subsequent and additional pheromone sources. This fact could explain the different concentration profiles. Moreover, our results suggest that lower pheromone emission than that of the current passive dispensers still could provide an adequate performance in the field. Competitive mechanisms involved in MD using both dispensers, the dynamics of the airborne pheromone throughout the time and the importance of the canopy are discussed" |
Keywords: | European grapevine moth Gc-ms/ms Tortricidae aerosol devices air samples field trials passive dispensers pest control; |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEGavara, Aitor Vacas, Sandra Navarro, Ismael Primo, Jaime Navarro-Llopis, Vicente eng S8456000/Conselleria de Agricultura, Medio Ambiente, Cambio Climatico y Desarrollo Rural (Generalitat Valenciana)/ Switzerland 2020/05/14 Insects. 2020 May 9; 11(5):289. doi: 10.3390/insects11050289" |